Coffee percolator



Filed Aug., ll 1923 Patented Apr. S, 1924:.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP MALOAMP, OF NEW ORLEN S, LOUISIANA.

COFFEE PERCOLATOR.

Application led August 11, 1923. Serial No. 656,773.

T all whom it may concern.'

Be it k-nown that I, PHILIP MALGAMP,

-a citizen of France, residing at New 0rvice of this character Which. will be simple in construction and more eliicient in its operation than those heretofore proposed.

With these and other objects in view the inventionconsists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts as will be more fully disclosed hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forminga part of this specication in which like numerals designate like part-s in all the views F ig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a percolator made in accordance with this inl vention;

Fig. 2"is a plan view of the apertured drip member 14 shown in Figures 1 and 4;

Fig. 3 is a 13 shown in Figs. 1 and 4;

Figa 4 is a top plan view of the apertured bottom drip member 9 of the perco-4 lator;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the sieve like cover to be placed on top of the coee grounds in said percolator; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged partial sectional view showing themethod of assembling the parts shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4.

1 represents a cylindrical receptacle provided with the handles 2, and having at its upper end a reduced neck portion 3 adapted to be fitted with an air tight cover 4. The lower end of the said receptacle 1 is also pro- 'vided with a reduced collar or neck portion 5 soformed on the cylinder as to provide the inclined, wall portion 6, and said neck portion 5 is also threaded to receive the coee receptacle now to be described.

The coffee receptacle 7 comprises the cylinder 8 which may be threaded at one end to engage the threaded up turned fiange 10 of the cup shaped bottom member 9. Said iiange 10 may also be provided with screw lan view of the screen filterv threads 11 to engage corresponding screw threads 12 on the member 8 as shown. Inside the member 9 is placed the foraminous member 13, and on top of said member 13 is -placed the plate member 14. 'Ihro` h the members 9, 13 and 14 passes the ho ing means 15 provided with the Wing nut 16 and holding disk 17 as shown. member 9 is provided with a plurality of apertures and the plate member 14 is provided with apluralit of similar apertures 26 as illustrated. he ground coi'ee is represented at 201and above said coiee is a flanged plate 27 provided' with the perforations 28 as shown.

Any suitable receptacle 18, shown in dictted lines, Fig. 1, may be employed to re ceive the coffee liquor when made.

The operation of this invention is as follows The coilee holder 7 is removed from of the perforations 25 and 26 relatively to each other in the manner disclosed and the tightening of the parts by the means 15 has the eect of regulating the freedom with which the coee liquor 30 will pass through the perforations 25 into the receptacle'18. Therefore, said adjustment will also regulate the time the water is-in contact with the coiee ounds 20, and the strength of the resultmg co'ee liquor. After-said perforations 25 and 26 are thus adjusted, the coffee ounds 2O are placed in the receptacle 7 and t e latter is secured by any suitable means to the receptaclel, as for example,- by screwing said receptacle into the threads after the perforated sieve likev cover 27 has been pressed down upon said grounds as illustrated in Figure '1, to hold them snugly in place.' Preferably boiling hot water 31 is next oured into the receptacle 1, which finds lts way down through the member 27, the rounds 20, the member 14, the sieve mem er 13, and the member 9 into the receptacle 18.

It' is obvious that the parts Dmay be made of aluminum or other sultable material, the

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the receptacle 1 as by unscrewing it from fore, it is not desired to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

What is claimed is 1. In a coffee percolator the combination of a perforated lower wall; a sieve like ller member. above said wall; an ad'ustable perforatedvplate or drip member a ve said sieve member; means to adjustably hold said wall, said sieve member and said drip member together; a container adapted tohold the ground coffee above said plate member; a foraminous plate adapted to rest upon said coffee grounds; a water receptacle; -and means joining said receptacle with said container.

2. In a coffee percolator the combination of a bottom wall having a plurality of perforations; a foraminous member overlying said Wall; a drip member having a lurality of perforations overlying sald fdraminous member; means to hold said wall, said foraminous member and said drip member in such adjustable relations to each other as will vary the outflow of liquid therethrough; a container rigid with said bottom member adapted to hold coffee grounds above said drip member; a flanged perfo.- rated member adapted to rest in said container to hold said grounds in place; and a water receptacle open at its bottom adapted to be secured liquid tight to said container.

3. In a coee percolator the combination of a lower perforated wall provided with a screw threaded flange; a sieve like member overlying said wall; a perforated plate or drip memberoverlyin said sieve member; a screw bolt for hol lng said parts in'an adjustable relation `to each other; a container having screw threads adapted to engage said irst named screw threads and also adapted to hold ground coffee; a perforated plate adapted to enter said container and overlie said ground coffee to keep it in a. compact mass; a hot water container having a reducedl open ended bottom portion adapted tol be secured liquid tight to said container. Y

In testimonywhereof he aixes his signature. v

PHILIP MALCAMP. 

